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[;1m-spec exit(Reason) -> no_return() when Reason :: term().[0m
Raises an exception of class [;;4mexit[0m with exit reason [;;4mReason[0m. As
evaluating this function causes an exception to be raised, it has
no return value.
The intent of the exception class [;;4mexit[0m is that the current
process should be stopped (for example when a message telling a
process to stop is received).
This function differ from [;;4merror/1,2,3[0m by causing an exception of
a different class and by having a reason that does not include the
list of functions from the call stack.
See the guide about errors and error handling for additional
information.
Example:
> exit(foobar).
** exception exit: foobar
> catch exit(foobar).
{'EXIT',foobar}
Note:
If a process calls [;;4mexit(kill)[0m and does not catch the
exception, it will terminate with exit reason [;;4mkill[0m and also
emit exit signals with exit reason [;;4mkill[0m (not [;;4mkilled[0m) to
all linked processes. Such exit signals with exit reason [;;4mkill[0m
can be trapped by the linked processes. Note that this means
that signals with exit reason [;;4mkill[0m behave differently
depending on how they are sent because the signal will be
untrappable if a process sends such a signal to another
process with [;;4merlang:exit/2[0m.
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